TRANSCRIPT A SELECT COMMITTEE OI HONG KONG 12 JUIN 1980
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CHAIRMAN:
You mentioned
moment ago that the new arrangemente
which of couree were under discussion when this Committee
visited the territory a few weeks ago in the Joint Liaison
Group and are the matter in focus in the drafting of the
Basic Law, I think we would like to pursue, if we may, how
those activities are affected by the new situation.
MR PETER SHORE:
Sir David, I do not think any of vo were surprised
to learn that there had been resignations from the Basio
Law Drafting Committee or that the Basic Law Consultative
Committee had suspended its work. I suppose one of the
questions that comes straight out of this is to enquire
whether, and under what circumstances, ода can foresee the
work of the Basic Law Committees worth beginning again in
a worthwhile way.
SIR DAVID VILSON:
It has, as you said Mr Shore, gone into suspense at
the moment, the Consultative Committee is not operating at
the moment, one group of mainland drafters who should have
visited Hong Kong postponed or cancelled their visit,